Advanced Composition for Non-Native Speakers of English

China Desert

Directions:  For each question, please mark the BEST answer based on the Living on Earth report you have just heard/read.

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1: According to this Living on Earth news report, China Desert, what is the best way to prevent air pollution in Beijing?

Going home and closing the windows
Government controls
Planting trees
Increasing farm land

2: According to this report, in which season is pollution in Beijing most seriously affected by the desert?

Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter

3: How long has the blowing sand contributed to high air pollution in Beijing?

Several years
Several decades
About a hundred years
Since Genghis Khan eight centuries ago

4: How is the Chinese government trying to defend itself against the problem?

By planting trees and desert shrubs
By putting up wire fencing
By planting seeds from the air
All of the above

5: What is the MAIN effect of the increasing population in Mongolia on the expanding desert?

More houses help to slow the speed of the wind causing positive results.
More people help plant more trees producing positive results.
More people require more farmland producing negative results.
More people require more farm animals producing positive results.

6: What does the word staunch probably mean in paragraph 15?

Stop
Push forward
Develop
Expand

7: The United Nations reports poor financing and a weak technical system but remains optimistic the problem can be solved.

True
False

8: The World Watch Institute believes the desertification can be stabilized within the next 30 to 50 years.

True
False

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